These photos are examples of naturally occurring
events, processing errors or anomalous results that are often mistaken
for positive ghost photos. These photos are called false positives
by investigators. There are some similarities in these photos with
positive spirit photos but with time, experience and a careful eye you
can learn to tell them apart. I tried to pick a few good examples
of some of the most commonly made misidentified anomalies. If you
have any examples of false positive photos and you'd like to submit them,
you can send them to us here
- Dave Juliano

These two photos are examples of what swarms of
bugs look like at a distance. These photos were taken intentionally
by Tome Wilson of South Jersey Ghost Research
to show the difference between spirit orbs and bugs. The film used
was Kodak Gold 35mm 800 speed.

The anomaly is what a flying bug looks like up close. Flies,
mosquitoes and other flying insects all look very similar to this anomaly
and it is often mistaken for a positive anomaly. This photo
was taken with a Sony Mavica digital camera by Barbara Uhl of South
Jersey Ghost Research.

This photo shows laser and lights refraction through
water mist. This can occur in any types of moisture in the air (i.e.
high humidity, fog, light rain). The film used was Kodak Gold 600 speed
35mm -by Tome Wilson of South
Jersey Ghost Research

This is photo has two problems, one is the obvious flash reflecting
back in the mirror. The other problem is even though this picture
has a very faint orb in the hallway, it cannot be used as evidence because
the lens flare from the flash has made it worthless as evidence.
The photo was taken with a Olympus 490 Zoom digital camera by South
Jersey Ghost Research.